EF1 Tornado — Hamilton, Indiana

2025-04-02 · near Home Place, Hamilton, Indiana

Event narrative

This fifth tornado to impact central Indiana tracked to the east-northeast through mainly southeastern portions of the Carmel area, from near 116th Street and Pennsylvania Street to 146th Street and Community Drive. Trees to the south of an office building were uprooted and downed in a convergent manner toward the building. Damage to the office building was confined to the southwest corner and the entry way on the east side of the structure. Metal framing around windows on the southwest corner were pulled outward as was the large entry way frame and windows. The tornado continued to the northeast with numerous homes and apartment buildings sustaining roof and siding damage. Many trees were also uprooted or snapped along the path in a clearly convergent manner in areas where trees came down in groups. Damage was not consistent along the track, with breaks of up to one-third mile where very little if any damage occurred. Damage from the tornado ended about 800 feet south-southeast of the intersection of East 146th Street and Community Drive. Peak wind gusts were 105 mph.

Wider weather episode

A strong low pressure system generated a line of strong to severe thunderstorms that started in Illinois and moved across central Indiana. Multiple severe storms were embedded within the line and some of these produced tornadoes. Eleven tornadoes impacted central Indiana, ten of which occurred along an overall west-southwest to east-northeast area from north of Terre Haute to north of Muncie. Four of these events, from Hendricks County to Delaware County, were secondary tornadoes that tracked parallel to longer duration tornadoes. Three tornadoes combined to impact western and northern portions of the Indianapolis Metro area, including an EF2 in Hendricks County that caused the episode's only injury. In addition to the tornadoes widespread wind damage occurred with gusts over 80+ mph reported.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1248890. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.